Authors

Date of this Version

2016

Document Type

Article

Citation

A.J. Jakeman et al. (eds.), Integrated Groundwater Management

Comments

Copyright The Author(s) 2016

Open access

DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-23576-9_22

Abstract

Groundwater can be considered as a common-pool resource, is often overexploited and, as a result, there are growing management pressures. This chapter starts with a broad presentation of the range of economic instruments that can be used for groundwater management, considering current practices and innovative approaches inspired from the literature on Common Pool Resources management. It then goes on with a detailed presentation of groundwater allocation policies implemented in France, the High Plains aquifer in the USA, and Chile. The chapter concludes with a discussion of social and political difficulties associated with implementing economic instruments for groundwater management.